marécage

Etymology

From Norman or Picard maresc, from Frankish *marisk (“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *mariskaz (“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *mari (“lake, sea, moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *mari-, *mori- (“sea”) + -age. Akin to Middle Dutch mersch, maersch (“marsh”), Middle Low German mersch, marsch (“marshland”), Old English merisc (“marsh”). More at marais, mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁe.kaʒ/

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Noun

marécage m (plural marécages)

1. marshland, swamp

Further reading

• “marécage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).